Storm Reid To Star In Teyana Taylor’s ‘Get Lite’ For Paramount

EXCLUSIVE: Storm Reid is connected to star in Teyana Taylor‘s directorial Debut Get Lite, which is in improvement at Paramount Footage. Reid will even produce by means of her banner, A Seed & Wings Productions, alongside Kenya Barris and his Khalabo Ink Society.

Together with Barris and Reid, the movie might be produced by Invoice Karesh by means of OFFBRND, Robyn Simpson by means of A Seed & Wings Productions and Anni Weisband. Moreover, Taylor will government produce with Coco Gilbert serving as co-producer. Eric Gross will pen the script.

The movie follows a studious New York Metropolis teenager has his world upended when he falls for a charismatic beatmaker (performed by Reid) who recruits him to hitch her Litefeet dance crew, forcing him to decide on between a protected educational path and his rekindled love of dance.

For Taylor, a Harlem native who first made a reputation for herself working as a choreographer and dancer, the mission will permit the proficient multi-hyphenate to additional increase her resume into directing whereas concurrently tapping into her roots. Pivoting from a profitable music run, the R&B celebrity has launched into a inventive renaissance over the previous few years, including actress, producer, director, choreographer and stylist credit to her unbelievable profession.

Most not too long ago, she starred in Focus Options’ A Thousand And One, which bowed on the 2023 Sundance Movie Competition earlier than Focus Options opened later within the yr, incomes Taylor sturdy opinions.

On an equally spectacular inventive run, Reid has emerged as considered one of Hollywood’s most sought-after and proficient younger actors, not too long ago incomes her first Emmy award for excellent visitor actress In a drama collection for her work as Riley within the HBO hit collection The Final Of Us.

On the movie aspect she was most not too long ago seen in Warner Bros. The Nun 2, which bowed in September.

Final yr, Khalabo Ink Society launched the Netflix unique movie You Folks, directed and co-written by Barris. The profitable comedy debuted at #1 in over 73 international locations and went on to change into one of many streamer’s most watched movies of the yr. Khalabo additionally launched the primary podcast below its cope with Audible, DJ Drama Presents: Gangsta Grillz.

Taylor is repped by WME and Taylormade Administration Group, Reid is repped by CAA, Leisure 360 and Granderson Des Rochers and Barris and Khalabo are repped by WME, Artists First and lawyer Gregg Gellman at Yorn Levine.